USAF Scout G-1 Transit-O 27,29 2729
Scout G-1
Status
Success
Date
16 SEP 1987
19:22
Mission Overview
The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.
Rocket
Scout G-1
Mission Type
Navigation
Orbit
Polar Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.
Height
26 m
Diameter
1.14 m
Launch Mass
20 T
Thrust
395 kN